Wildfire smoke: How to protect yourself when air quality worsens

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Wildfire smoke: How to protect yourself when air quality worsens  Health experts are urging people to take precautions as wildfire smoke from Canada blankets New York City. They recommend limiting time outdoors, wearing a properly fitted N95 mask when necessary, keeping windows closed and using HEPA air purifiers to reduce exposure.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/07/17/wildfire-smoke-how-to-protect-yourself-when-air-quality-worsens  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:14But what we're most concerned about is the breathing complications that can happen from

00:19breathing in this polluted air. Because basically one of the particles of wildfire smoke is fine

00:24particulate matter. So when you breathe this in, this can go into the lungs and cause inflammation

00:29and so for anyone with underlying health conditions like asthma, this increases the risk of an

00:34asthma exacerbation.

00:55If you do have to be outdoors, you want to wear a mask that's going to filter out as many

01:00air pollutants as possible.

01:01So this includes what we call an N95 mask. And the 95 basically means that it filters out about 95

01:08% of air pollutants.

01:10Cloth masks and surgical masks are not going to give you that same level of filtration.

01:13Cloth.

01:15Está?ges

01:32Cloth.

01:32Amen.

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